Apple‚ Inc. Competitive Strategies and Government Policies Name: Professor: University attached: Date of submission: Abstracts For every profit oriented industry to survive in the globalize market; they must employed competition strategies that suit their operations and also keep in mind their competitors and target set to be achieved. This makes every company feel the pressure to be successful and to maintain leading the industry. This pressure plays significant role in the survival of
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Introduction The optimal dividend policy of a firm depends on investor’s desire for capital gains as opposed to income‚ their willingness to forgo dividend now for future returns‚ and their perception of the risk associated with postponement of returns. However any normative approach to dividend policy intended to be operative under real world conditions should consider the firms investment opportunities‚ any preferences that investors have for dividends as opposed to capital gains and vice
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Effect of Unethical Behavior Article There are a few factors that can lead to unethical practices and behaviors in accounting such factors are financial pressure‚ opportunity‚ and rationalization. With proper checks and balances and accounting procedures a company can minimize the risk of unethical practices and behaviors. Unfortunately‚ there is no sure way to completely avoid unethical practices and behaviors. The most important element of unethical practices and behavior is opportunity
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{text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-end} Between the 1960s and 1970s‚ the abundant use of gasoline caused environmental issues (Conney & Yacobucci 2006)‚ such as vehicle emissions which will pollute the air. Environmental policy plays an important role in auto industry. In 1973‚ American enacted the CAFE which requires automakers to increase the average fuel economy of motor vehicles sold in the US to reduce the pollution (Bezdek & Wendling 2005)‚ this led to major changes
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Throughout history‚ nations have sought to expand their boundaries. There were a variety of reasons for expansion‚ such as transportation purposes‚ such as trying to discover faster routes to engage with trading partners‚ or economic purposes‚ like travelling to areas to obtain materials that were high-demand‚ such as silk or spices. As the Industrial Revolution began‚ this need increased more. More countries needed more natural resources and eventually more labor in order to produce the goods that
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Public Policy Influences Government Stakeholders: Government Stakeholders Influences Public Policy James Dykes Williams University: ORG-807 January 22‚ 2014 Public Policy Influences Government Stakeholders: Government Stakeholders Influences Public Policy The American people expect that government and government-reliant organizations will protect their interests when there are imminent threats to the well-being of citizens and humanity. In the process of sustaining trust from
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Effects of Unethical Behavior Article David Haynes ACC/291 October 8‚ 2012 Celeste Garrett Effects of Unethical Behavior Article There are several situations that can unethical behaviors and practices. In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was made law to stop unethical situations that where taken place in many companies‚ big or small when a company practice unethical practices‚ there can be lots of damage to the company. In many instances law has at best led
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THE RATIONALE OF ECONOMIC REFORMS – CRISIS OF 1991 Domestic Economy: 1. There was inefficient management of the Indian economy in the 1980s. The govt expenditure was more than the govt. revenue. Govt. was not able to generate sufficient revenue from internal sources such as taxation. 2. To finance the deficit the government borrowed heavily from banks‚ people of the country and international financial institutions. 3. Development policies required that even though the revenues were low‚ govt
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Economic growth and public policy To increase productivity and living standards‚ governments can can: 1. Encourage saving and Investment: Goal: invest more current resources in the production of capital to increase physical capital (K). Trade-off: The opportunity cost of investment is that someone must forgo current : consumption in order to save and invest sumption Note that: because of diminishing returns‚ an increase in the saving rate leads to higher growth of productivity and income only
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During 1980 and 90s‚ the major ideology and economic policy shifted from Conservatism to Centrism. Reagan’s government believed that “government is the problem‚ not solution”. Thus‚ they implement the “supply-side” program which reduced welfares and government interference in business‚ and lowered tax rate on wealthy. President Clinton merged free market policy and appropriate government intervention by raised tax rate on rich people and reformed welfare (ex: children health care) and eligibility
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